Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, acclaimed baritone Peter Brathwaite has thoughtfully researched, reimagined, and recreated, using household props and incorporating objects from his own ancestry--more than one hundred artworks featuring portraits of black sitters. Originally all posted to social media, Brathwaite’s work is now collected in a new book, Rediscovering Black Portraiture (Getty Publications). With these elaborate and inventive interpretations, Brathwaite invites us to consider larger questions concerning the Black presence in Western visual culture, reminding us that Black subjects have been portrayed in art for nearly a millennium.
Illustrated by projections of his re-creations, Brathwaite will be in conversation with Mark Sealy, director of Autograph, London. The discussion will be followed by a Q&A.